Today up to Nov. 27, the fifth round of formal negotiations in the GRP-NDFP peace talks had been scheduled to take place in Oslo, Norway. The two sides had been all set to tackle a three-point agenda hammered out in a series of discreet back-channel discussions in September and October. And by December, agreements on…
By Bulatlat.com In view of the negative attitude of GRP President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, Jr. to the proposed courtesy call of Chairperson Luis Jalandoni of the Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the high risk facing Chairperson Jalandoni in going to the Philippines, the NDFP is reconsidering the visit…
Zaynab Ampatuan, 27, hardly looks like one who has experienced being driven from home by bombs and bullets courtesy of the military. But she has – and more than twice. Her experiences with the oppression of Muslims in the Philippines led her to become an advocate for the Moro cause. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat…